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Ruins of the bridge

The Wesel Railway Bridge was a bridge on the Haltern–Venlo railway, built as part of the Hamburg–Venlo railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company, and opened on 1 March 1874. The 1,950-metre (6,400 ft) long railway bridge at Wesel was the last Rhine bridge remaining in German hands during World War II.

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Wesel Railway Bridge

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The Wesel Railway Bridge was a bridge on the Haltern–Venlo railway, built as part of the Hamburg–Venlo railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company, and...

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Wesel

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Büderich on the left bank of the Rhine. The Wesel transmitter measures 320.8 metres in height. Wesel Railway Bridge Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020...

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Bombing of Wesel in World War II

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was devastated. Wesel became a target of the Allies, particularly in its strategic position with a depot and the Wesel Railway Bridge over the Rhine....

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Operation Plunder

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territory, without challenge. They next visited the destroyed railway bridge at Wesel, departing when German artillery appeared to target them. The Plunder...

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Operation Lumberjack

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railroad bridge was still standing. It was one of the two damaged but usable bridges over the Rhine (the other being the Wesel Railway Bridge). U.S. forces...

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371st Engineer Construction Battalion

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of the Wesel Railway Bridge, 1,751 feet (534 m) long and 2140 tons, over the Rhine River in the record time of 10 days. The site of this bridge was crossing...

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Landing Vehicle Tracked

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armed with a 20 mm cannon and two machine guns to give fire support until bridges could be constructed across the river. The "Specials" were under the 79th...

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Wesel station

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Wesel is a railway station in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and the Bocholt-Wesel railway...

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List of bridges over the Rhine

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Duisburg-Beeck (double tracked, electrified, freight only) *Wesel Railway Bridge between Büderich and Wesel (double tracked, destroyed in World War II) Netherlands...

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List of railway bridges and viaducts

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Düsseldorf Haus-Knipp railway bridge, crossing the Rhine in Duisburg Wesel Railway Bridge, crossing the Rhine at Wesel Lagan Railway Bridge, crossing the River...

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American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany

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the bridge at Wesel in the Ninth Army zone and the one at Mainz in the Third Army's, that made four railway bridges over the Rhine. A fifth railway bridge...

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Bailey bridge

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Bailey bridging over the Seine at Mantes, France, August 1944 U.S. combat engineers slide stacked doubled sections of Bailey bridging into place at Wesel on...

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655th Engineer Topographic Battalion

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survey work with the 1143rd Engineer Combat Group on the Rhine River Wesel Railway Bridge building job, and other areas. Staying close to the Ninth Army Headquarters...

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Lower Left Rhine Railway

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Gennep and Goch to Wesel (the Boxtel Railway). The Haltern–Venlo section of the Paris-Hamburg Railway, which ran from Venlo via Wesel to Hamburg, crossed...

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Operation Market Garden

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lines. The bridges however were repaired albeit temporarily - Royal Engineers were able to span a Bailey bridge both over the railway bridge and the damaged...

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Duisburg Hauptbahnhof

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Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz Regional...

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m At all bridges height of highest pillar is given Bridge: Kocher Valley Bridge, Geislingen am Kocher: 178 m Railway Bridge: Müngsten Bridge, Solingen:...

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Battle of Arnhem

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reach the bridges until late in the day. The railway bridge was blown by German engineers as the Allies approached it and the pontoon bridge was missing...

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Dutch railway services

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Dutch railway services is an index page of all the rail services operated in the Netherlands. Railway services in the Netherlands are operated by the...

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